Railroad-tie



T. H, KRUSE.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLlCATION FILED JUNE 4,1920.

1,370,025, Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented EH31. 1921. i

Application filed June 4, 1920. Serial no. 386,455.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THEODORE H. Know,

a citizen of the United States, residing atv Arvada, in the county of Jefferson and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a specification. V

One object of this invention is to provlde a metallic tieof novel form, and another objeot of the invention is to provide a nove and efficient rail holding means.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention residesin the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changesin the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a tie and rail fastening means constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The tie forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made of a single sheet of metal disposed in tubular form to fashion oppositely convexed side portions 2..

The bottom of the tie 1 isinwardly bulged as shown at 3 to define a longitudinal re cess 4. Reinforcements 5 extend across the recess 4, the ends of the reinforcements being connected with the bottom portion of the tie in any suitable way. If desired, the ends of the reinforcements may be extended through the bottom portion of the tie and be clenched time, they cooperate with the ballast, to prevent-the tie from moving endwise.

The overlapped parts 7 of the tie 1 support a rail 8. 911 opposite sides of the rail 8 are located braces 9, each brace 9 including a base 10 shaped as indicated at 11 to cooperate With the base flange of the rail 8. each brace including an upstanding wing 12, there being a buttress 14 extending between the base and the wing. In the base of the brace 9 there is an opening 22 alined with the slot 24 in the overlapped parts 7 of the tie 1. The base 10 of the brace 9 is supplied with a depending lug 15 extended through the slot 24 and provided With a lateral shoulder 16. Spring arms 17 are secured at one end, as indicated at 18 to the base 10 of the braces 9, each arm being supplied with a tapered finger 20, the finger being secured to the spring arm in any suitable way, as indicated at 21. The arm 17, forms means for holding the finger 2O yieldably in the opening 22 of the brace and in the slot 24 of the tie.

In practical operation, the brace is placed against the rail 8, the lug 15 entering the slot 24 of the tie, the free end of the spring arm 17 being pulled upwardly so that the finger 20 does not project through the opening-22 in the brace and through the slot 24 in the tie. The finger 20'then may be driven downwardly by a hammer blow and, since the finger is tapered, the finger, cooperating with the overlapped portions 7 of the tie, at one end of the slot 24, and with the lug 15, will force the lug to the right (Fig. 3) until the shoulder 16 is engaged beneath the top portion of the tie, all of which will be obvious when Fig. 3 of the drawings is noted;

It will be obvious that there is disclosed in this invention, a railroad tie of novel and useful formand a rail fastener of peculiar Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is a I V 1. Arailroad tie fashioned from a single sheet of material disposed in tubular form, the edges of the sheet being overlapped at the top of the tie, the bottom of the tie being inwardly bulged to form a longitudinal recess; and a reinforcement extended across the recess and connected to the bottom of the tie on opposite sides of the recess.

2. A' railroad tie of tubular form, prorecess, the reinforcements being extended through the bottom portion of the-tie and being clenched thereon, at opposite sides of the recess.

3. In a device of the class described, a tie having an opening in its top; a brace on the tie and provided with a lug extending into the opening, the lug having a shoulder adapted to engage beneath the top of the tie when the brace is moved laterally of the tie; av spring tongue secured at one end to the brace; and a tapered finger on the tongue,

the finger extending into the opening and c0- operating With the tie to move the brace laterally and to cause the shoulder to engage beneath the top of the tie, the tongue con- THEODORE H. KRUSE,

Witnesses: 1

P. L. HANSON, DANIEL BERRY. 

